dance+attendance+on
1dance attendance on — ► dance attendance on try hard to please. Main Entry: ↑dance …
2dance attendance — If you dance attendance on somebody, you are constantly available for that person and attend to their wishes. She s rich and famous and expects everyone to dance attendance on her …
3dance attendance — phrasal : to attend assiduously and obsequiously : be in waiting or at beck and call : court favor * * * dance attendance To wait assiduously (on) • • • Main Entry: ↑dance …
4dance attendance — phrasal to attend in an eager and servile manner < a celebrity used to having people dance attendance on him > …
5dance attendance on someone — british phrase to behave like someone’s servant by being always ready to do what they ask you to do Thesaurus: to treat someone with great care or kindnesssynonym Main entry: dance …
6dance attendance — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s King Henry VI. YORK: I ll tell thee, Suffolk, why I am unmeet: First, for I cannot flatter thee in pride; Next, if I be appointed for the place, My Lord of Somerset will keep me here, Without discharge, money, or …
7dance attendance on — chiefly Brit. do one s utmost to please (someone). → dance …
8dance attendance on somebody — ˌdance atˈtendance on sb idiom (BrE, formal) to be with sb and do things to help and please them Main entry: ↑danceidiom …
9To dance attendance — Dance Dance, v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. [1913 Webster] To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his… …
10dance attendance on — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wait on hand and foot, cater to, be subservient to, serve abjectly; see obey 1 , tend 1 …
